Even as an ascetic of virtues,/ like a true warrior of Christ God,/ you labored in the passion of the great one in your temporary life,/ in singing, vigils and pardons, you became your disciple;/ In the same way, the Most Holy Spirit dwells in you, / You are brightly adorned with His action. / But since you have boldness towards the Holy Trinity, / remember the flock that you gathered, wisely, / and not Forget what you promised,/ visiting your children,// Reverend Sergius, our father.
Having been wounded by the love of Christ, O venerable one,/ and following that irrevocable desire,/ you hated all carnal pleasures,/ and like the sun you shone upon your Fatherland thou art;/ with this Christ also enriched thee with the gift of miracles./ Remember us who honor thy blessed memory, and let us call thee // Rejoice, Sergius the God-Wise.
O sacred head, our venerable and God-bearing Father Sergius, by your prayer, and by faith and love, even for God, and by purity of heart, back on earth to the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity having established your soul, and having received angelic communion and the visitation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and having received the gift of miraculous grace, after your departure from those on earth, you have drawn closer to God, and Participating in the heavenly powers, but not retreating from us in the spirit of your love, and leaving your honest powers, like a vessel of grace, full and overflowing, to us!
Having great boldness towards the All-Merciful Master, pray to save His servants, His grace existing in you, believing and flowing to you with love.
Ask us from our Greatly Gifted God for every gift that is beneficial to everyone, the observance of the immaculate faith, the establishment of our cities, the pacification of peace, deliverance from famine and destruction, from invasion preservation of foreigners, consolation to those who mourn, healing to those who are sick, restoration to those who have fallen, return to those who go astray to the path of truth and salvation, strengthening to those who struggle, prosperity and prosperity to those who do good in good deeds. blessing, education for children, instruction for the young, admonition for the ignorant, intercession for orphans and widows, departing from this temporary life to the eternal, good preparation and parting words for those who have departed blissful repose, and grant all of us, through your prayers, to be delivered on the day of the Last Judgment, and the right hand of the country will be common to us and that blessed voice of the Lord Christ hear: come, blessed ones of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Amen.
O sacred head, reverent father, blessed Abvo Sergius the Great! Do not forget your poor to the end, but remember us in your holy and auspicious prayers to God. Remember your flock, which you yourself shepherded, and do not forget to visit your children. Pray for us, Holy Father, for your spiritual children, as if you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, do not remain silent for us to the Lord and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love.
Remember us, unworthy, at the throne of the Almighty, and do not cease praying for us to Christ God, for grace has been given to you to pray for us. We do not think that you are dead: even though you passed away from us in body, you remain alive even after death.
Do not give up on us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy, and all the charms of the devil, and the snares of the devil, our good shepherd; Even though your relics are always visible before our eyes, your holy soul stands with the angelic hosts, with the disembodied faces, with the heavenly powers, at the throne of the Almighty, having fun properly.
Knowing that you are truly a living being after death, we bow down to you and we pray to you, even to pray for us to Almighty God for the benefit of our souls, and to ask for time for repentance, and for what is not forbidden go from earth to Heaven, get rid of bitter ordeals, demons, princes of the air and eternal torment, and be an heir to the Kingdom of Heaven with all the righteous, who have pleased from all eternity To our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and with the Most Holy and Good and His Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and to the ages centuries. Amen.
O Heavenly citizen of Jerusalem, Reverend Father Sergius! Look upon us with mercy and lead those who are devoted to the earth to the heights of Heaven. You are a mountain in Heaven; We, on the earth below, are removed from You not only by place, but by our sins and iniquities; but to you, as our kin, we come running and cry: instruct us to walk in your path, enlighten us and guide us.
It is characteristic of you, our Father, to be compassionate and to love mankind: as I live on earth, I should care not only for my own salvation, but also for all those who come to you. Your instructions were like the reed of a cursive scribe, who inscribes the verbs of life on everyone’s heart. You didn’t just heal physical illnesses, but rather than mental illnesses, you appeared as an elegant physician; and your whole holy life became a mirror of all virtue. Just as you were, O Holy One of God, on earth, just as you are now in Heaven!
Today you stand before the Throne of the Unapproachable Light and in it, like in a mirror, you see all our needs and requests; You are together with the Angels, rejoicing over the one sinner who repents. And God’s love for mankind is inexhaustible, and your boldness toward Him is abundant; do not stop crying to the Lord for us.
By your intercession, ask our All-Merciful God for the peace of His Church, under the sign of the militant cross, agreement in faith and unity of wisdom, destruction of vanity and schisms, establishment in good things delekh, healing for the sick, consolation for the sad, intercession for the offended, help for the needy.
Do not disgrace us, who flow to you in faith. Even though we are unworthy of such a father and intercessor, you, being an imitator of God’s love for mankind, made us worthy by turning from evil deeds to good living.
All God-enlightened Russia, filled with your miracles and blessed by your mercies, confesses that you are their patron and protector. Show your ancient mercy and those whom you helped your father, do not deny us, their children, who are walking towards you in their footsteps. We believe that you are present with us in spirit. For where there is a Lord, as His word teaches us, there also will His servant be.
You are a faithful servant of the Lord, and God exists everywhere, you are in Him, and He is in you, and you are also with us in body. Behold your incorruptible and life-giving relics, like a priceless treasure, God grant us miracles. It is before them, as I live for you, we fall down and pray: accept our prayers and offer them on the altar of God’s mercy, that we may receive grace from you and be timely for our needs help.
Strengthen our cowardice and confirm us in faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good from the mercy of the Lord through your prayers. Do not cease to rule your spiritual flock, which you have gathered, with the rod of spiritual wisdom: give help to those who strive, raise up the weak, hasten to bear the yoke of Christ in complacency and patience and all Guide us in peace and repentance, end our lives and settle with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham, where you now rest joyfully in your labors and struggles, glorifying with everyone saints of God, glorified in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Memorial Days September 25/October 8, July 5/18
Hegumen of the Russian Land, founder of the Trinity Lavra. He blessed the holy Prince Dimitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo. As a child, St. Sergius had difficulty learning. However, God, through the fervent prayers of the boy and his parents, sent an angel in the guise of an old man, who blessed the boy, and he began to succeed in school science. They pray to St. Sergius for help in teaching, in monastic work, and for the preservation of the Fatherland from the invasion of foreigners.
*Minea. September 25th.
**Minea. July 5th.